{"id":1722077,"date":"2022-11-02T16:33:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T20:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1722077"},"modified":"2022-11-02T16:34:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T20:34:12","slug":"nations-largest-teachers-unions-dump-at-least-2-25-million-on-michigan-gov-whitmer-re-election-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nations-largest-teachers-unions-dump-at-least-2-25-million-on-michigan-gov-whitmer-re-election-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Nation\u2019s Largest Teachers Unions Dump At Least $2.25 Million On Michigan Gov. Whitmer Re-Election Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnations-largest-teachers-unions-dump-at-least-2-25-million-on-michigan-gov-whitmer-re-election-campaign%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1722077&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Michigan Democrat Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/gretchen-whitmer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gretchen Whitmer\u2019s<\/a> re-election campaign received at least $2.25 million in donations from two of the nation\u2019s largest teachers unions.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/top-teachers-unions-spent-2-25-million-re-elect-whitmer-michigan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>, the pro-Whitmer group \u201cPut Michigan First,\u201d which aligns itself with the Democratic Governors Association, took $1 million in campaign contributions from the National Education Association (NEA), while the American Federation of Teachers Solidarity, a group affiliated with American Federation of Teachers, gave $1.25 million this year to the group.<\/p>\n<p>Whitmer has not responded to media requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is no surprise that the nation\u2019s most powerful teachers unions have bankrolled Whitmer, considering she has been one of the most unwavering governors in the country regarding her response to the COVID pandemic, particularly in the education sector.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/about.burbio.com\/school-opening-tracker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burbio\u2019s K-12 School Opening Tracker<\/a>, Whitmer recommended returning to in-person learning in March 2021, which set the state 33rd in the nation for allowing in-person learning during the 2020-21 school year.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan lifted its recommended school mask mandate in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>During a debate against her Republican challenger Tudor Dixon last week, Whitmer downplayed her draconian orders for educational institutes during the pandemic by claiming \u201ckids were out for three months\u201d after Dixon said Whitmer kept students out of school longer than any other state.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, Whitmer\u2019s argument fell on deaf ears.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerhaps she wasn\u2019t paying attention to what was actually happening,\u201d Dixon said. \u201cMaybe she thinks she can convince you that schools were only closed for three months, but you know better because your students are the ones that are desperately behind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dixon told Fox News Digital that Whitmer \u201cblatantly lied\u201d during the debate regarding her claim, adding that she continues to take cues directly from her \u201cunion bosses that shut schools down\u201d and \u201ckept our kids locked down at home longer than necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The gubernatorial candidate said such measures created an education crisis in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer running-mate Garlin Gilchrist even had the audacity to say we must first take care of the adults in our education system \u2014 total disregard for kids and parents,\u201d Dixon said. \u201cGretchen is gaslighting the people of Michigan and is attempting to rewrite history to save face for her disastrous lockdown policies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Examiner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/democrats-very-bad-debate-night\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a> Whitmer said her claims referred only to school closures directly ordered by her rather than what state health officials and individual school districts chose, which she argues were out of her control.<\/p>\n<p>Dixon, who is an advocate for school choice, said parents would feel empowered \u201cevery step of the way\u201d by prioritizing students over school systems.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican candidate\u2019s school choice stance has gained the support of some of the most prominent activists for the movement in the country, like former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and her family. According to Fox News, they have given a combined $2.9 million to the Michigan Families United Super PAC that\u2019s backing Dixon.<\/p>\n<p>Dixon has also received $1 million in support from MAGA Inc.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Budowich, the head of the Trump-connected political committee, told Fox News that the teachers union backing Whitmer has \u201cdone more to destroy the future of children \u2026 and no bigger rubber stamp for their anti-child agenda than Gretchen Whitmer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir flashy ads won\u2019t give children years of their lives and education back, it won\u2019t make Michigan families forget about their draconian lockdowns and closures, and it won\u2019t stop voters from electing Tudor Dixon on Nov. 8th,\u201d Budowich said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer\u2019s re-election campaign received at least $2.25 million in donations from two of the nation\u2019s largest teachers unions. According to a Fox News report, the pro-Whitmer group \u201cPut Michigan First,\u201d which aligns itself with the Democratic Governors Association, took $1 million in campaign contributions from the National Education Association (NEA), while &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":1722080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1722077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1722077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1722077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1722077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1722080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1722077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1722077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1722077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}